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New research methods are revealing more evidence of the health dangers associated with America's lead service lines.

The agency's program is the backbone of U.S. climate policy. NGOs may not have the tools, or legal right, to fill the gap.

Climate-fueled storms and wildfires are increasing costs and pushing insurers to the limit. Is the market broken?

On a dark, drizzling January evening in 2014, Alyssa Gehman headed out to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state to catch the midnight tide. There, in the bitter winter darkness, she caught a sea ...

In January, researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University posted a study online on how artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT affect critical thinking. They wanted to know how knowledge ...

"Science Under Siege," by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, is an impassioned manifesto against attacks on science.

In "Born," Lucy Inglis reexamines history through the lens of gender roles, medical authority, and bodily autonomy.

Over the course of its second season, the podcast has covered contentious topics ranging from gain-of-function research to ...